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Five Illegal Miners Jailed 125 Years For Mining In River Ankobra – Five illegal miners who were caught mining in the Ankobra River without authority have been sentenced to a total of 125 years imprisonment in hard labour. Richard Kumasi, Fiamahe Jerry John, Korblavi Kumasi, Daniel Afenu, and Matthew Gedie, …

Goaso Krontihene Found Dead – The lifeless body of Nana Yenhyira Kwadwo Kumah, the Krontihene of the Goaso Traditional Area in the Ahafo Region, has been discovered in a bush near the town. The discovery has thrown the entire Goaso township into a state of mourning. The Ahafo Regional Police …

Females Account For Two-Thirds Of New HIV Infections In Ghana – The Ghana AIDS Commission has indicated that females account for two-thirds of total new HIV infections in Ghana. Out of the total 16,574 new HIV infections recorded in Ghana in the 2022 National and Sub-National HIV/AIDS estimates and projections, …

NDC Youth To Protest 10% Betting Tax – The youth wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has unveiled a sequence of measures aimed at compelling the government to retract the 10% betting tax. This move is a direct response to what they view as a weighty taxation policy that …

Volta Regional Health Directorate Denies HIV Outbreak At Ho Technical University – The Volta Regional Health Directorate, under the Ghana Health Service, has refuted claims circulating on social media about an alleged HIV/AIDS outbreak at Ho Technical University. Initial reports, originating from a blog, alleged that more than 400 students …

Patients In Danger As Ghanaian Nurses Head For UK’s NHS – The recruitment of nurses by high-income countries from poorer nations is “out of control”, according to the head of one of the world’s biggest nursing groups. The comments come as the BBC finds evidence of how Ghana’s health system …

67% Of Jobless Ghanaians Are Women GSS – Females account for two-thirds of the unemployed in Ghana, according to the 2022 Annual Household Income and Expenditure Survey Third Quarter Labour Statistics Report, which was released today. The Government Statistician, Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, emphasized at the report launch that the …

MTN’s Data Zone Bundle To Be Restored On May 5 – Telecommunications company, MTN Ghana has announced that it will restore the Data Zone bundle to customers on Friday, May 5, 2023. The announcement follows the suspension of the data package bundle which took effect on April 5, 2023. The …

Court fines McDan GH¢40,000 for ‘forcibly’ taking over a land from its owner – Businessman and Chief Executive Officer of McDan Group of Companies, Daniel McKorley, has been convicted by the Accra High Court for contempt. Businessman and Chief Executive Officer of McDan Group of Companies, Daniel McKorley, has been …